Luce Douady, a youth world champion climber from France, died after a climbing accident at a cliff, France’s climbing federation said it learned Sunday. She was 16.
Douady was climbing with friends near Grenoble.
Douady won the 2019 Youth World title in bouldering, one of three disciplines that make up the climbing event that debuts at the Olympics in Tokyo next year. Douady also took third in the lead final, another of the three disciplines in the combined Olympic event.
She also debuted on the senior World Cup in 2019, placing fifth at an event in Colorado.